why incubators beat mbas

[Jai Natarajan]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/01/12/eight-reasons-startup-incubators-are-better-than-business-school/

[Abhinav Khushraj]

I quite agree with this view point. If startup is your goal, (good) incubators will better serve towards that objective. So if your logic is: do an MBA, learn biz skills, then do a startup, I would really question that logic. Startups work differently and that's why getting into the market directly helps a lot more. The skills learned in a (good) MBA program are still required in a startup world (soft skills, communication skills, business acumen etc.), but you can find other ways to make up for them.

Also, I can confidently recommend starting up as early as possible, preferably in your early to mid 20s.

Abhinav

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jai Natarajan <jainat...@yahoo.com> wrote:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/01/12/eight-reasons-startup-incubators-are-better-than-business-school/

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[Jai Natarajan]

your second point, I'd disagree. maybe for a web2.0 product startup written on a blank slate. In almost every situation of services or enterprise (which still make up a large part of the business world) a reasonable amount of experience and domain knowledge go a long way. any reasonably large problem requires either deep knowledge, wide contacts or ability to manage a large team

Jai

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